Member Event: After Brexit: Utopia or Dystopia? – New UEA Series

Now that the UK has left the EU, what role should it play in the world? What is ‘Global Britain’, and is it a realistic project after the Covid-19 pandemic? What kind of relationship should the UK seek with its European neighbours? How serious are the tensions between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on the question of the UK’s future relationship with the EU, and do they threaten the union?

In this online lecture series, leading figures from politics and academia share their reflections, and offer their hopes and fears.

All events are free and open to all and will be delivered online via Zoom. They will also be available on YouTube for playback at a later date.

After The Lockdowns: Did Covid-19 Kill Global Britain?

27 April 2021, 6:30 – 8:00pm

Speaker: Daniel Hannan, Baron Hannan of Kingsclere (Author, Conservative peer, and former MEP. He serves as adviser to the UK Board of Trade and is President of the Initiative for Free Trade)

Brexit… Reversing 1000 Years of History between These Islands

11 May 2021, 6:30 – 8:00pm

Speaker: John Bruton (Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, former Fine Gael party leader, and former EU Ambassador to the US)

A United Kingdom? Brexit and the Future of the Union

25 May 2021, 6:30 – 8:00pm

Panellists: Katy Hayward (Professor of Political Sociology, Queen’s University Belfast and Senior Fellow ‘UK in a Changing Europe’), Nicola McEwen (Professor of Territorial Politics, University of Edinburgh and Senior Fellow ‘UK in a Changing Europe’), Dan Wincott (Blackwell Professor of Law and Society, Cardiff University, and Research Director of the ESRC ‘UK in a Changing Europe’ initiative)

Back to the Future? The Meaning of Global Britain

8 June 2021, 6:30 – 8:00pm

Speaker: Margaret MacMillan CC CH (Professor of History, University of Toronto and, Professor of International History, University of Oxford)

Where Now for the UK and Europe?

22 June 2021, 6:30 – 8:00pm

Speaker: Dominic Grieve QC PC (President of the European Movement, former Independent MP, and former Conservative politician)

Contact [email protected] for more information. Visit the website to book your free tickets. 

This event series is supported by the UEA research project ‘Negotiating the Future’. The aim of this project is to examine and communicate research on the negotiations between the UK and the EU, the UK’s relationship with the European Union, and the UK’s broader relations with ‘Europe’.

For more information on the project, visit their website: www.afterbrexit.uk  Sign up to their mailing list for up-to-date news and events here.